Spiderfield – a timesaver layout

In the download section you can find some of my texture files. I’ve got more than a gig of files, far to much to put it all online. In my selection you’ll find wall, pavement and tile textures. Hope you enjoy it.

The first streetlights are connected. Here are some pictures in a pretty dark room. The power is supplied by two AA size batteries. Delivering 3volt, so no resistor is needed.            

There are several professional streetlights on the market. Although some of them are reasonably priced, making it your self gives a lot more satisfaction. To make a simple streetlight we need the following parts: Brass tube (1 -1.5mm diameter, 2 – 3″ long) 3mm led Washer with 3mm hole Piece [...]

Probably not the sexiest item about a model railroad but with a long weekend coming I had plenty of time last week and was able to get my fascia entirely installed! The table saw made quick work of the pine slats. To get a complimentary color I’ve painted the fascia [...]

As you can guess by now the Southern Railway is the railway of Spiderfield. Read all about Southern’s history and fallen flags here. Including links to Southern fan sites. Southern Railway History Fallen Flags Southern Railway Image Archive Fan sites Southern Railfan The Southern Railway Historical Association  

Everyone who has build a model railroad in the past will recognise this; you’ve build some part of your railroad and it turns out bad. You made a mistake and had to build it all over again. Some of the mistakes are Too Little Patience, Confusing Scale And Gauge, Choosing [...]

Today a milestone is reached, all the basic scenery is done. Now it’s time to put the ‘real’ details on the layout. But before the real detailing take place I took the layout into the garden and made some pictures. Take a look at the picures and enjoy!     [...]

Well, the design of the Timesaver layout is obvious. Most of the Timesavers I know are just track with no or few scenery (as the original). I decided to make scenic’d Timesaver, as you can see on the previous photo’s there are allready some buildings. On the left side is [...]

I found some tutorials on the internet about a home made Static Grass Applicator and decided to build one myself. See the end of this aricle for the video’s I found on the internet. With a project cost of less than € 10.00 (about $7.00) and about 2 hours of [...]

Almost everyone in the Netherlands have probably sedum growing nearby. It’s a very common autumn flowering perennial. I don’t know which one I found in my garden, but it looked good for making a model tree. The idea is to gather the plants at the end of the season when [...]